SEOUL, April 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Smartphone producers such as Samsung Electronics Co. and Apple Inc. are focusing on building augmented reality (AR) ecosystems by increasing the variety of AR services they have on offer. Samsung recently introduced a beta version of AR Canvas, while Apple added an AR Space function to its video-making Clips [...]
SEOUL, April 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The chief of Ericsson-LG, a telecom equipment joint venture between Sweden-based Ericsson and South Korea’s LG Electronics Inc., said Wednesday that there will be no impact to its business even after the local tech giant’s planned exit from its loss-making handset business. LG Electronics said earlier this month that [...]
SEOUL, April 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. expanded its presence in the Indian smartphone market in the first quarter of the year on the back of multiple new handsets, a report showed Tuesday, as the South Korean tech giant aims to fend off challenges from Chinese players. Samsung represented 20 percent of the [...]
SEOUL, April 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Monday its Galaxy M12 budget smartphone will be sold in South Korea this week as the tech giant eyes to expand mobile sales here by introducing more price-competitive models. The M12 will hit local shelves Wednesday through online sales channels at 198,000 won (US$180), the [...]
SEOUL, April 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The chief of SK Telecom Co. said Wednesday the wireless carrier will likely work with Amazon.com Inc. in video streaming services as the country’s leading mobile carrier seeks to grow efforts to boost its non-mobile businesses. SK Telecom currently holds a major stake in local video streaming service operator [...]
SEOUL, April 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. defended its leading status in the global smartphone market in the first quarter of the year, a report showed Tuesday, as the South Korean giant saw solid growth in its mobile sales. Samsung’s smartphone shipments jumped 32 percent on-year to 77 million units in the January-March [...]
SEOUL, April 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Nokia Corp., a Finnish telecom equipment giant, said Monday it has signed an agreement with South Korean mobile carrier LG Uplus Corp. to install its next-generation indoor 5G equipment here. Nokia said it will deploy its small cell AirScale Indoor systems in indoor locations across the country, including shopping [...]
SEOUL, April 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s three major mobile carriers will share their 5G networks in remote coastal and farm towns in a move to accelerate the rollout of the latest generation networks, the ICT ministry said Thursday. The carriers — SK Telecom Co., KT Corp. and LG Uplus Corp. — signed an [...]
SEOUL, April 14 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s largest mobile carrier, said Wednesday it will create a new holding company for its non-mobile subsidiaries to accelerate growth in promising fields and tighten its grip on its chipmaking unit, SK hynix Inc. The telecom operator said that it will conduct a spinoff to [...]
SEOUL, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Clubhouse, an audio social media app, has seen its popularity plunge over the past couple of months. Sources from the IT industry reported that the number of active South Korean users has dropped significantly since March. Top internet portal Naver showed that the search index for the word ‘clubhouse’ [...]